Diamante Azul - Mansion

Diamante Azul stands on the ocean at Porches, on the stretch of central Algarve cliff between Armação de Pêra and Carvoeiro where the rock is gold and the water drops away straight from the terrace. Eight bedrooms and twelve and a half bathrooms across a house built at genuine mansion scale.

There is a lift serving the floors, a sauna, a gym in the building, a jacuzzi, a gas fireplace and a heated pool. Beach and ocean views run along the seaward side.

Porches sits in the middle of the Algarve's best coastline. Benagil and its sea cave are minutes west, Praia da Marinha — regularly named among Europe's finest beaches — is a short drive, and Carvoeiro's restaurants are close enough for dinner without a plan. For a group that wants the coast at its most dramatic and a house to match, this is the address.